WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:17.960 Welcome to Dahmerbu's podcast. I am Dominic and I am blessed. I am 2 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:20.960 very blessed that you were here with me today. You really could have been 3 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:26.039 doing anything else, but he chose to be here with me listening to a 4 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.199 guy talking a microphone in his living room. And it really does mean a 5 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.439 lot. You guys have been with me for a lot of years now, 6 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:37.600 a little over three years now, and you've been supporting the show just through 7 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:42.079 your streams, your download your likes, your shares, your comments. Some 8 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.520 of you have been supporting financially, which really does mean a lot. But 9 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:49.920 I've loved being on this journey with you guys so much that I started just 10 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.679 to improve on my mental health and I think it's gone a long way for 11 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:56.759 me. I wouldn't change it or take it back for anything, and I 12 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.240 hope you guys have been able to do the same thing for yourself. It 13 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.560 really is cool that we've been able to do this together in a very simple, 14 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:11.680 simple way. Whether you're listening on Apple podcasts or Spotify or Google podcasts 15 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.719 or iHeartRadio, it is really cool that you're here. Thank you guys so 16 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:34.519 much. Let's get in the episode so here we go. We've got another 17 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:40.159 episode. This is fantastic. We've got a whole new vibe, all new 18 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:44.439 music, a whole new feel, a whole new format, whole new color 19 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:49.319 palette, a whole new profile picture. We are we are moving up in 20 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.799 the world. You guys. This is awesome. I feel great. A 21 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:57.200 little bit of spring cleaning for the podcast. This is exciting. It feels 22 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.480 fresh, it feels feels new. It is still me talking, so it's 23 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:06.799 it's not gonna be awesome, but it's gonna. It's gonna feel awesome, 24 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:14.360 right, it's gonna feels it will feel springy or something. It's gonna it's 25 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:20.520 just gonna happen. It will, okay, But I'm very excited about it. 26 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.360 And it was kind of one of those things that I was just kind 27 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:28.000 of sitting around. I actually had listened and it's one of the few times 28 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.479 where I actually have done this. It's one of a few times I've actually 29 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.719 gone back and listen to an episode and realize, you know, what I 30 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:39.240 might be onto something, I might be onto something with the slight rebrand that 31 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:44.479 I kept referring to. And I only did one thing, and I changed 32 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:50.319 the picture of the podcast from me sitting in a yellow rain jacket with it 33 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.159 all the way zepped up where you can't see my face. I changed it 34 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:59.280 from that to a picture where you can see me talking and I'm doing a 35 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:04.319 video in front of all my equipment here where you can see me. You 36 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.280 just see my face and a Microphone's great, or maybe it's not great, 37 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.879 I don't know, but it feels more personable. I don't know, because 38 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.400 some of you've never seen me before, so now you have seen me, 39 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:20.439 and that's awesome. Congratulations, there's my face. But I just wanted to 40 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.800 like really dig into that, and I really liked the idea of that, 41 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:29.520 like mild rebrand. So I got a team together and I figured out, 42 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:31.680 Hey, what are ways that I can do kind of a rebrand where I'm 43 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:36.879 still kind of genuine and true to the thing and true to the people that 44 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:42.159 have been listening to me, And it doesn't feel like I'm I'm taking him 45 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.960 an entirely different direction. It's just an updated version of the thing that we're 46 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.879 doing. And we came up with a bunch of different things, new music, 47 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.199 which was awesome. It changes the whole vibe and feeling aesthetic, and 48 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:58.599 it's been a little bit different because I've had the same music now almost since 49 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.159 the beginning. As soon as I figured out how to put in music and 50 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:06.000 episodes, UM, I've had basically the same like handful of songs going through 51 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:11.520 the episodes. So that's that's been a big thing. I wanted to touch 52 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.840 on like bullet points basically, like you, weren't things where I touch on 53 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.600 in the episodes, like UM, like I did in the beginning, how 54 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.199 to, how to subscribe, how to reach me, you know, things 55 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:25.439 like that, And I really, I really think those things will kind of 56 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:30.399 elevate the podcast. I think it will elevate your listening to experience and my 57 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:38.120 UM experiencing, my experience in delivering said messages to you. And I think 58 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:42.120 it's I think it's great. If you guys have any other UM inputs or 59 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.399 things you would like to add to the show, that'd be fantastic as well. 60 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:48.079 I don't think it's uh, my way or the highway here. I 61 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.160 don't think I have like all the answers. I'm just the guy sitting in 62 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:57.079 my living room talking into microphone and so like, this is great. But 63 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:01.439 I was really listening back to one of my other episodes, which is something 64 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:05.319 that I rarely will ever ever do. And I thought to myself, you 65 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:10.959 know what, you might be onto something here with this slight rebrand. Maybe 66 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.199 you should just think about that and kind of lean into it. Because I 67 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.600 refreshed the picture, I talked about it, and then something about that just 68 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:24.079 felt lighter. It felt it felt like there was just potential to really delve 69 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.800 in and reset and and you know, I guess give give new life to 70 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.879 something that's that's been around for a long time, three years now, and 71 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:38.720 it was just a simple thing. So great. I hope you guys enjoy 72 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:42.839 if you want to reach me, um, if you want to continue to 73 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:47.079 see that new process kind of evolved into what it's going to be, go 74 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.519 on Facebook Dahm Reviews Podcast search it there, Go on Instagram Dahm Reviews Podcast 75 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:58.160 search that as well. And I will be there. And it's just a 76 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.639 lot of little things. I'm gonna keep all the other and all the other 77 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:02.959 posts and things up there, and eventually, you know, they will kind 78 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:08.839 of disappear unless you like really start scrolling down, which is fine. I 79 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:13.040 don't like this. I don't like really deleting things like that, but yeah, 80 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.439 it's it's gonna be awesome. I think it's gonna be a little bit 81 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:19.720 cleaner. I think it will be more I mean it guess. I guess 82 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.879 it will be a little bit simpler for people to interact with, to like, 83 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:27.680 and to share, and you feel like you actually want to be able 84 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.199 to do that, which is fun. Which is interesting because I don't get 85 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:36.759 really any kind of engagement on social media, which is amazing. With the 86 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:43.279 amount of people that listen to my podcast and as little engagement that I get 87 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.120 on social media, it is kind of shocking. It is a little bit 88 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:51.279 shocking to see like the disparity in those two numbers. It's really hard to 89 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:55.639 believe. The guys that I was talking to, like working on with the 90 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:00.839 team, there's like, well, here's my numbers like listening like to my 91 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.279 episodes over the platforms and like, wow, it's pretty respectable. And then 92 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.120 I was like look at my like social media numbers, and they're like wow, 93 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.439 like how like have you spent money on this, Like have you done 94 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.680 any ads or anything? No, No, I've not, but it's really 95 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:20.839 interesting. So you guys can help me very quickly by just going to my 96 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:26.439 Facebook page, Like in my Facebook page again, Dom Reviews podcast again, 97 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.519 going to my Instagram Dom Reviews Podcasts as well, and helping me get my 98 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.680 numbers up because I have not been able to do this without you. Guys 99 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:39.600 are liking and sharing, but you're not doing it on social media. You're 100 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:44.360 just like telling your friends about it by actual word of mouth. I mean, 101 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:47.040 which I can't be upset with. I will never be upset with that. 102 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.000 It's just like very hard. I don't know, it's just it's a 103 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:56.720 very interesting way, and I didn't expect the growth to happen in that way, 104 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:59.959 kind of just like the good old days, which is really funny. 105 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.279 But anyways, this brings me to my question today. And there's a word 106 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.279 that my wife likes to use a lot, and I've heard it over the 107 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.360 last like actual couple of weeks, not actually coming from her. There's a 108 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:20.839 word called synchronicity, and she loves saying that word synchronicity. I think she 109 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:22.920 just likes the way that it feels when she says that. You have words 110 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:28.720 like that, like I like the word disgusting. I think it's such a 111 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:35.840 vivid, fantastic word. She likes synchronicity, which sounds much more educated than 112 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.039 the word disgusting, but synchronicity, and I think I've had a few of 113 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:48.600 those in the last couple of weeks, which is really cool. So the 114 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.200 question that I have today is what could use a makeover in your life? 115 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:58.720 If I could give you a quick story about the last handful of days in 116 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.240 my life. So I did. Last week, I did the episode, 117 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.399 so that was kind of the start of that, and I changed the profile 118 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:13.440 picture and that was a slight makeover there. Great. Then this last weekend 119 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:18.120 I had the wife, I had Jeanie. She went off on a trip 120 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.120 on the over the weekend to see some like old family friends in Utah. 121 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:33.480 So she was out there from I think it was Friday to Sunday Sunday night, 122 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.279 I think it was, which is great. It's just like a time 123 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.240 for her to let go and see family friends whatever, do her thing. 124 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:48.639 And so in that time I had changed again the profile picture. And then 125 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:58.200 on Saturday, I had our hot water heater break and so I had to 126 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:05.159 replace that. But even the week before that we had gutted and completely rebuilt 127 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.519 our deck. I had my dad come over here and he replaced the whole 128 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:15.000 deck in literally like two days. It's pretty incredible how he does that stuff. 129 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.159 I don't know how he does it. I was telling Jeanie the other 130 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.320 day, I was like looking at it because it was raining, and I 131 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:26.559 was saying, watch, I was just watching the water just sitting still after 132 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.279 it stopped raining, and I realized, like, I don't know if you're 133 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:35.039 supposed to do that, but my dad built it like perfect like literally perfectly 134 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:41.320 flat, so the water the water doesn't drain off, And I don't know 135 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.960 if that's like I don't know if that's what you're supposed to do or which 136 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:48.159 you're supposed to like build things at just like a slight slope so the so 137 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:50.679 it drains. I don't know they do that with like soccer fields and football 138 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:54.919 fields. So there's like a mild grade, but nope, like there's no 139 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:01.080 there's no grade, no slope, nothing. It's it's perfectly flat all the 140 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:05.879 way all the way through. But like he wouldn't have it any other way. 141 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.200 I guess I wouldn't have any other way either. So we did that. 142 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.879 We fixed the sink. It's got a bunch of leaks in it, 143 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:18.600 whatever, and it's just been a lot of things, like my brother Aaron 144 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:26.279 has basically he rebuilt his deck as well that we have been over at his 145 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:30.240 house and cleaned up a bunch of the stuff in his backyard. We've got 146 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:35.200 like a family reunion coming into town, so it's just been like a lot 147 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.519 of days of like work to get prepped for that and things breaking and blah 148 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:46.960 blah blah, and so our entire life has felt like spring cleaning slash makeover. 149 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.559 So the question today is what could use a makeover in your life? 150 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:56.879 Everything? And it's that's a simple answer because everything has already gotten a makeover 151 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:03.320 in my life and it all started. It all started with the profile picture, 152 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.159 and then I had to stop and really think about all the other things 153 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:13.440 that have happened. But then just how much better I feel for having done 154 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:18.240 that. No, I don't want to have to replace my hot water heater. 155 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.600 Not a great purchase that I wanted to make right now, And that's 156 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:28.720 okay, But hey, guess what, I have really great hot water now 157 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.600 and I don't have as many problems with it, like I don't know, 158 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.279 leaking like it was, which is a huge issue because they can explode. 159 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:41.320 Did you know that? So if your hot water heater is like leaking at 160 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:46.679 all or giving you any trouble, you should just replace it because it's pretty 161 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:52.000 dangerous. So I think it's fantastic. I think it's fantastic. I think 162 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:56.639 for years I would always have trouble with, you know, changing things up 163 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:03.000 and kind of elements of forced change, I guess. But every bit of 164 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:05.879 it that's been in the last few weeks for me has been actually really great 165 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:11.279 and really beneficial. So where I could take something that I've done for years 166 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:15.840 in this podcast and feel okay, going to a team of people and being 167 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:20.639 like, hey, how can we maximize on this very simply and then just 168 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:26.440 try and execute and then just execute it and just do just run the play 169 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:30.440 and just run the play. And I think it's really exciting. I think 170 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.639 it's it opens up a world of opportunities and what if it's the wrong answer, 171 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.000 right, Like that's what you're afraid of, right, like that, 172 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.159 what if what if you do it and it sucks, It's like, well 173 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:46.360 then I change it, right, Like, it's not it's not the end 174 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.919 of the world. It's not like there's a billion people listening to it this 175 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.159 podcast. Even if there were a billion people listening to it, and I 176 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.120 kept this, you know, kind of context in this format and the the 177 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:05.240 aesthetic on social media. I kept it going for a while and nobody liked 178 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:07.480 it. I can change it, and it's it's not that big of a 179 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.879 deal. And I think that's awesome, and I think it's something that I 180 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.519 have to remind myself every once in a while to just chill out and not 181 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.080 be afraid of change because I'm so used to doing a thing a certain way, 182 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:30.519 because change brings inspiration. An inspiration brings creativity, which is my whole 183 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:35.720 life as a musician, Like that is my whole life. So and it's 184 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.080 it's just simple things, you know. Like sometimes I'll go into the studio 185 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.919 and we'll be like, oh, we need this drum, this drum thing. 186 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.279 Hey, what can we do? You know what? I could just 187 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.639 go in and play a drumbeat this way, or I can do something super 188 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:56.600 weird sometimes every once in a while and I will, you know, take 189 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.519 my snare drum and flip it upside down, or take my snare drum and 190 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:05.399 not have it between my legs. I'll have it where my floor tom is, 191 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.559 which is for U non drummers. It's the one that it's the big 192 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:13.240 one that sits on my far side, my right side, that everybody loves. 193 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:18.919 It sounds like that doesn't make any sense. It sounds like Mordoor when 194 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.519 I hit it. If you don't know what Mordoor is, I don't know 195 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.240 what to tell you. I don't know what to tell you. It sounds 196 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.639 like drums of the Deep. It's fantastic at least, mind you. Anyways, 197 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.000 So every once in a while, you know, I'll do something weird 198 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:35.960 and you know, move my drums around or play them in a different way, 199 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.279 or play set up my kit left handed, something something weird that makes 200 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:46.600 me moderately or extremely uncomfortable that will inspire me to do something in a different 201 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:52.080 way or come out playing like, you know, doing something that I've always 202 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.399 done, just a slightly different way. And the process is, I don't 203 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:58.000 know, it's awesome. It's awesome. So don't be afraid of doing that. 204 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:02.879 I think it's awesome. Find something in your life where you can do 205 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:07.519 a slight change and see if it inspires any creativity, and then let me 206 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:11.120 know. Let me know about that, because that is fun to know that. 207 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.320 It is fun to get the feedback from everybody that is listening and goes, 208 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.039 oh, yeah, like you know what, I tried this and this 209 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:21.600 worked for me, and now I do blah blah blah or this inspired somebody 210 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:26.840 else to do this or YadA YadA, YadA cool and it's fantastic. And 211 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:32.600 I thoroughly enjoy doing stuff like that. I enjoy hearing stories about things like 212 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:37.320 that. And yeah, we're just here for the journey together. That's what 213 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.360 this podcast is about. But that's about it for all I have. I 214 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.000 mean, yeah, that's about all I have for today. As far as 215 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:49.480 that question, what could use a makeover in your life? And for me, 216 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:53.440 the answer A kid was everything and it has gotten a makeover and it's 217 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:57.279 been fun. It's been liberating. It feels light, feels airy, it 218 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:02.840 feels inspiring, and I was creative. And I'm curious what you've done in 219 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:06.799 your life again and if you have anything like that, if it's made you 220 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:10.359 feel the same way, or it's made you feel worse, or you've gone 221 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.440 back to the thing. But let me know again Instagram, Facebook, Dahm 222 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.839 Reviews Podcast. You can message me, you can comment on my status is 223 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:25.039 let me know what you guys think. It's really great. On my platforms. 224 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:29.240 You can find me on Apple podcasts, find me on Spotify, Google 225 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:34.119 podcasts, things like iHeartRadio, Amazon, cast Box, or even like Deezer. 226 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.440 I'm on so many of them. Just search, Just search Dahm reviews. 227 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.359 It's pretty simple. It's really great. It's not really it's not hard 228 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:47.279 to spell either. I suppose I hope it's not hard to spell if you're 229 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:52.799 like a grown adult, I guess. But anyways, thank you guys so 230 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.480 much. I do always want to say thank you so much for your support. 231 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.440 It really does mean the world to me, and it really does mean 232 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.000 a lot of game in that you've taken your time to spend it with me 233 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:08.559 and listening to a guy talk about makeovers in his life in his living room, 234 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.000 it's fantastic. So thank you guys so much. I'll see you the 235 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:22.359 next one. Good Bye.